Lead Lactation Clinical Instructor

UC San Diego Extension’s Healthcare Department seeks an applicant to be the Lead Lactation Clinical Instructor in the Healthcare Department. The Lead Lactation Clinical Instructor will be available to provide instruction, clinical oversight of students and assist with curriculum development of all UC San Diego Global Lactation Alliance courses.

The Lead Lactation Clinical Instructor will ensure that each lactation education program provides students the necessary skills, knowledge and attitudes to provide quality breastfeeding assistance to mothers and their children as Lactation Consultants. Additionally, they will provide input and guidance on the lactation program professional code of ethics, clinical competencies, scope of practice and standards of practice. The Lead Lactation Clinical Instructor will use established knowledge, education, experience and evidence-based research to maintain curriculum.

Specific Duties

The Lead Lactation Clinical Instructor should be able to teach an immense amount of detailed information in a creative and engaging manner to a large number of participants who are adult learners and have extensive knowledge and skills in lactation/breastfeeding topics. Duties include in-class or online instruction to participants who are interested in becoming lactation consultants.

Specific duties include:

• Responsible for providing instruction, evaluation of students, progress reports and reviewing and updating course materials as required by UC San Diego Extension.
• Lead development of the curriculum to ensure alignment with Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and Lactation Education Accreditation and Approval Review Committee (LEAARC).
• Carefully and continually enhance course curriculum and recommend revisions in consultation with the Department Director, Program Representative and Advisory Committee, and associated course evaluations through periodic review and of the curriculum.

Additional duties include:

• Provide excellent instruction demonstrating well-honed adult training techniques;
• Use subject-matter expertise to impart knowledge to students
• Stay current regarding the professional body of knowledge in field of practice
• Design syllabus and curriculum as assigned
• Communicate expectations to students
• Prepare and deliver course materials: face-to-face, online, and/or in combination
• Evaluate student learning and assign grades
• Design interactive and motivational activities to fully engage participants and to reinforce student learning
• Update materials periodically, and regularly monitor course evaluations in order to make adjustments and improvements to the curriculum
• Respond to student needs and questions
• Create a high-performance environment in which students of diverse backgrounds are motivated to succeed
• Apply technology and leverage resources appropriately to enhance the curriculum (e.g. use Blackboard or make arrangements for guest speakers)
• Handle mechanics of position according to deadlines (LOAs, texts, A/V, grade submission, etc.)
• Communicate with Program Manager and Instructor Services Team on a timely basis
• Employ cultural competencies to reach any international students in assigned classes

Minimum Qualifications

• Must each be a certified lactation consultant for the lactation portion of the educational program, both didactic and supervised clinical practice.
• Advanced degree from an accredited institution required.
• Registered Nurse (RN) preferred.
• Experience designing curriculum and measuring student performance preferred
• Must be individually qualified by education and experience and must be effective in teaching the subjects assigned.
• Be proficient in lactation education and curriculum development.
• 10 years’ experience in healthcare.
• In addition, applicants should have strong knowledge of adult continuing education including program design and delivery, and a minimum of three (3) years of teaching experience. It is preferred that applicants have knowledge of online course development and delivery. Proficiency in current instructional technology (e.g. PowerPoint) is required.
• Current knowledge of and demonstrated proficiency in subject area.
• Current participation in industry-related professional associations.
• Recognized leadership or authority on lactation.
• Highly effective oral and written communication skills, including the ability to convey conceptual and complex ideas and information.
• Highly effective interpersonal skills.
• University-level teaching experience (or corporate equivalent) preferred.
• Proficiency in the use of online teaching tools preferred.

Special Conditions of Employment

As an academic department within UC San Diego, all Extension Program instructors and courses must be formally approved according to the regulations of the Academic Senate of the University of California. Eligibility to teach a course is contingent upon this formal academic approval. Once approved, teaching assignments are "by agreement". The instructor's Letter of Agreement outlines the deliverables for the course, the course schedule, and compensation terms, and is subject to department policies and procedures. UC San Diego Extension makes no commitment to hire an instructor until it has sent and received a signed instructor Letter of Agreement. Should the course section an instructor plans to teach be cancelled for any reason, the instructor agreement, including rights to compensation for future section meetings, is voided. Remuneration is for classroom hours only and does not include time spent for course preparation or other events.